Tuscola County Photos, Hitchcock Collections, Carrie Hitchcock Edwards

Tuscola County Photos
Rich Hitchcock Collections

Carrie Hitchcock Edwards

Many thanks to Rich Hitchcock for scanning and sharing his extensive collections with researchers!

At a time when most men did not go to college, let alone women, my Great-Great Aunt, Carrie (Hitchcock) Edwards, M.D. (b. 1870 d. 1943) not only finished college, but she went on to complete medical school.

She also married a doctor and both Drs. Hitchcock lived in southern California, San Diego I believe. When she died in 1943, my grandfather, G. Lyle Hitchcock (b. 1904 d. 1989) road on a train from Detroit, MI to California to settle her estate. This is the longest trip my grandfather ever took and he had fond memories of riding across the country in a train full of soldiers during World War II.

The attached photo from 1894 has her actual signature near the bottom.

Also notice the photograph was taken by a photographer in Cass City, MI.